Around the North

The City of Greater Sudbury is prepared to cover the up-front costs to develop an area of industrial land in the north end of the city, but landowners must agree to a cost-sharing plan in order for the plan to go through.

The Municipality of Killarney , located southwest of Sudbury , has received funding to upgrade its wharf. The Ontario government has provided $320,000 in funding through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

The roof cave-in at Elliot Lake's Algo Centre mall on the weekend had many in the northeastern Ontario community and former uranium mining town questioning why local industry expertise wasn't immediately employed.

A budget approved by Laurentian University's board of governors includes money for the School of Architecture, the School of Mines and campus modernization.

The Ontario government has officially announced the establishment of its first, and long-awaited, Local Forest Management Corporation.

The Ontario government has intervened to resume search operations at a collapsed Elliot Lake mall by involving Northern Ontario's mining community.

The Ontario government is being presented with a $127-million bill for natural resources extracted from First Nations lands in northwestern Ontario and the Far North.

Vale and Sagamok Anishnawbek, located on the north shore of Lake Huron, have signed an impacts and benefits agreement (IBA) regarding Vale's Totten Mine.

The construction of a natural gas pipeline to Red Lake is being supported with a $2.7 million investment by FedNor.

The province is providing $276,000 to help train Sudbury women with low incomes in skilled trades.